Health Action 2017: Full Schedule

10:45am EST

Health Equity Meets Payment and Delivery Reform: The Value Proposition

Review the basics of payment and delivery reform and learn how these efforts can be leveraged to tackle health disparities by building the business case for Health Equity.

Moderators

Mr. Alfero is the Executive Director of the Southwest Center for Health Innovation and thefounder of HMS, a Community Health Center providing primary medical, dental, mental health, family support, community development, and health policy services in southwestern New Mexico. He has... Read More →

Ignatius Bau

Consultant, Ignatius Bau Consulting

Ignatius Bau is an independent health care policy consultant for patient-consumer organizations,community-based health and social service organizations, community health centers, minority physicianassociations, public hospitals, health systems, and state health departments. He works... Read More →

Sinsi Hernández-Cancio

Director of Health Equity, Families USA

Sinsi Hernández-Cancio is the Director of Health Equity at Families USA, where she focuses on expanding and strengthening the organization's ability to enhance and elevate health care advocacy and activism in communities of color across the nation. She is continuing the group's work... Read More →

Marshall Chin, MD, MPH

Professor, University of Chicago

Marshall Chin, MD, MPH, Richard Parrillo Family Professor of Healthcare Ethics at the University of Chicago is a practicing general internist and health services researcher who has dedicated his career to advancing health equity through interventions at individual, organizational... Read More →

Thursday February 16, 2017 10:45am - 12:00pm EST
Columbia C Ballroom level

Health Equity Health System Transformation

1:30pm EST

The Impact of Payment Reform on the Safety Net and Health Disparities

Feedback Survey

For our healthcare system to deliver high quality care and be financially sustainable, we need to pay for value, not volume. However, new payment models sometimes inadvertently hurt communities of color. Learn how and what to do about it.

Moderators

Sinsi Hernández-Cancio

Director of Health Equity, Families USA

Speakers

Daniel Dawes

Executive Director of Government Relations, Health Policy and External Affairs, Morehouse School of Medicine

Daniel E. Dawes, Esq. is a healthcare attorney and the Executive Director of Government Relations, Health Policy and External Affairs at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. The author of several publications on health reform and health equity; he now adds to his repertoire... Read More →

Marshall Chin, MD, MPH

Professor, University of Chicago

Shabnam Salih

Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers

Shabnam Salih serves the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers as a Senior Program Manager for External Affairs. She helps lead the Good Care Collaborative, a statewide coalition for Medicaid reform, a key policy initiative of the Camden Coalition. Previously, she served as a... Read More →

Families USA Chin Align Payment Systems 2 16 17 ppt

Thursday February 16, 2017 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
Columbia C Ballroom level

Health Equity Health System Transformation

7:30am EST

State Innovation Learning Collaborative (SILC) Networking Breakfast

Feedback Survey

SILC brings state advocates together to strategize on forward-thinking, progressive policies that can meaningfully impact health and health care for consumers. We will discuss health care and health wins that advocates can achieve in 2017’s difficult climate.

Moderators

Claire McAndrew

Director of Campaign Strategy, Families USA

Claire McAndrew is the Director of Campaign Strategy at Families USA. Ms. McAndrew oversees advocacy work focused on the organization’s mission to ensure high quality, affordable health coverage and care for all. Her portfolio includes federal and state advocacy to protect the gains... Read More →

Friday February 17, 2017 7:30am - 8:30am EST
Columbia C Ballroom level

Access to Care and Coverage Affordability Health System Transformation Meal or Refreshments

10:15am EST

LGBTQ Health Policy Update

Feedback Survey

The LGBTQ community struggles with increased health and safety risks and multiple barriers to accessing high-quality health care. Experts will discuss progress made so far, the challenges that lie ahead, and how to defend gains in the new political climate.

Moderators

Candace Gibson

National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health

Speakers

Kellan Baker

Center for American Progress

Kellan Baker is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, where he works on LGBT health and data collection policy with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and state and local stakeholders across the country. Kellan is also currently the Centennial Scholar... Read More →

Sandy James

National Center for Transgender Equality

Sandy James is the Survey Project Manager with the National Center for Transgender Equality and the lead author of the report of the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey. As the project manager, he led a research team in the development, fielding, analysis, and presentation of the 2015 U.S... Read More →

Katie Keith

Out2Enroll

Katie Keith pptx

Kellan Baker pptx

Sandy James pptx

Friday February 17, 2017 10:15am - 11:30am EST
Columbia C Ballroom level

Health Equity

1:30pm EST

Defending Medicare in 2017

Feedback Survey

With a new congress and a new administration, changes to the Medicare program may be on the horizon. This workshop will equip advocates with a strong understanding of the Medicare program and the risks of commonly proposed changes.

Moderators

Ellen Albritton

Families USA

Speakers

Gretchen Jacobson

Kaiser Family Foundation

Gretchen Jacobson is an Associate Director with the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Program on Medicare Policy where she directs and conducts a variety of projects pertaining to the Medicare program and the population it serves. Prior to joining the Kaiser Family Foundation, Dr. Jacobson... Read More →